Liberty Police Inc. Field Manual (out of date, updating in progress)

[Liberty Police Inc.]

Chapter Six - Pre-Flight Checks and You

Here, we will discuss basic operating procedure for your craft. This guide covers useful pre-flight checks that just might save your life, so listen up and listen good.

Step One:

The first thing that you should do before getting into your spacecraft is check for damage. Did you leave your Liberator in pieces after your last patrol? Did the degenerates from down the street need more money to fuel their Cardamine addiction? Not a problem. A quick visual inspection of your craft never hurts, and it can prevent an in-flight catastrophe should some parts of your ship be damaged or missing. The main things you should be looking for are damage to components or weaponry. If something is missing or damaged, file the proper form and take a coffee break while the engineers deal with it.

Step Two:

Once you've climbed (or been airlifted into) your craft and turned it on, the first thing you should do is check your systems. This ensures that you have proper ammunition and reloads. To avoid having to check every time you get into your ship, use the patented Autobuy™ system. Created by Ageira Technologies, it ensures that your ship remains topped off with ammunition, nanobots, and shield batteries.

Step Three:

Now that you're ready to take off, it is imperative that you know where you are and that you are in the right ship. If you got drunk one night and ended up in Sigma-13 with your ship, it's probably a bad idea to try and respond to a priority call in New York. By the time you get there, the victim will likely be dead or gone, and your performance will have reflected poorly on our institution. In this case, it is better to find express transport back home, or quietly make your way back. Not your fault that you couldn't make it in time, right?

As for other people's ships, if you have accidentally gotten into another officer's ship, then get out of it before you cause an inter-department issue. I don't need more paperwork to fill out.

Step Four:

Now that you've completed your pre-flight checks, it's finally time to take off! Simply use your on-board docking computer to automatically launch your vessel, and hope and pray that you don't run into a series of nuclear mines on your way out.

That covers the basics. Report to the simulators for further training, if you need it.